Senior Virtualization Systems Admin; Citrix Security Clearance

Position: Senior Virtualization Systems Admin (Citrix) with Security Clearance
Job Description BAE Systems is offering an exciting opportunity to support an important and dynamic Department of Justice customer as a Senior System Administrator-Virtualization (SSA/Virtualization) supporting a highly capable and diverse team driving technical innovation. The SSA/Virtualization shall plan, lead and, if necessary, conduct site-surveys and uses the information acquired to produce a complete delineation of products and services, support equipment, computer, and electronic equipment installations required for the site to fully support mission operations.

The SSA/Virtualization shall plan, direct, and, if necessary, conduct regular, special, and integrated system test programs on virtualization equipment. The SSA/Virtualization shall prepare and conduct special reports and presentations that contain actionable information, which is pertinent to individual site operations. The SSA/Virtualization shall conduct integrated equipment system tests. She/he shall plan, prepare and conduct on the job training to Customer and junior Offeror personnel, as required.

The SSA/Virtualization shall coordinate with other field engineers to the benefit of the customer. The SSA/Virtualization shall support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work. Required Education, Experience, & Skills Required Experience, Skill, and

Education:

* The candidate must have an Active TS Security clearance and willing to undergo a Counter Intelligence Polygraph after onboarding. Candidate will not be considered without it. Minimum

Education and Experience:

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, and 10 years work experience or equivalent experience SME Level
- This is a senior level position. At a minimum, the individual shall have ten (10) plus years of experience in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting multiple, heterogeneous computer networks in both production and development environments. SKILL Level
- At a minimum, the Senior System Administrator/ Virtualization shall have demonstrated experience in:
* Install, configure, implement, and validate installation of components on networks including but not limited to:
* * Citrix Xen Server and Xen App
* Citrix Net Scaler
* Citrix - Version 22+, currently on 2402, the team is okay if candidate is lighter on the Citrix side if their Power Shell skillset is stronger, experience with deploying and configuring controllers, need to have more experience with Virtual vs. Netscaler, MCS is preferred over PVS (PVS is not used).
* Microsoft (current Version) Failover Cluster
* Microsoft (current Version) Hyper-V Manager
* Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
* Hypervisors and virtualization sub-systems
* Container Systems
* Power Shell scripting
* Splunk - dashboard management experience
* Sys Admin duties - Certs, DHP, Microsoft services, network troubleshooting, Windows server 2019/2022
* Infrastructure as Code methodologies
* Administer a variety of virtualization environments including Windows, Citrix and Linux
* Demonstrate strong customer service skills
* Resolve operational technical challenges and articulate ideas, concepts, and needs to management
* Perform duties independently, without direct supervision, and without detailed guidance from superiors
* Author and utilize scripting languages, mainly but not limited to Power Shell, to automate tedious, repetitive, and/or error prone tasks related to installation, configuration, and management of IT systems and services
* Step in mid-problem and provide advanced troubleshooting and support to others
* Optimize existing systems in light of new technologies as they come to market
* Provide support to administrators across an enterprise
* Evaluate the effectiveness of existing technologies in contrast to emerging technologies
* Explore emerging technology through independent research
* Liaise between field support and management
* Properly setup, from the box, new components without direct assistance
* Participate in the Change Control process meetings, providing direct and candid feedback regarding ideas for proposed changes to systems
* Document, test, and deploy modernization technologies to existing production environments
* Draft, review, and finalize procedures, security documentation, and general usage instructions for any familiar component Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills Desired

Skills and Experience:

* Microsoft Azure cloud experience highly desired
* Python experience preferred
* SQL experience preferred
* Experience working on digital forensics technology or related technologies for law enforcement or intelligence community customers is a plus
* Experience working on an Agile team
* Willingness to implement Lean principles, Agile engineering and Dev Sec Ops  
* Ability to participate in strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation, and review of…